Paint brush container



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sein. 16, 1958 PAINT BRUSH CON'LAINER 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed Jan. 41956 Doro-thy L. Steinberg'er Harry J. Sfe/nbergxer INVENTORS A BY A an( United States Patent O PAINT BRUSH CONTAINER Dorothy L. Steinberger and Harry J. Steinberger, Hagerman, N. Mex.

Application January 4, 1956, Serial No. 557,300

Claims. (Cl. 206-15.1)

This invention comprises novel and useful improvements in a paint brush container, and more specifically relates to a container especially adapted for storing artists paint brushes in an improved and readily accessible manner and in attaching the container to an artists easel.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a paint brush container which shall be specifically adapted for the storing of artists paint brushes in a convenient and readily accessible manner, which may be easily attached to the leg of an easel for convenience, and having improved means for increasing the accessibility of the paint brushes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device in accordance with the preceding objects wherein an improved cover is provided for the container, together with means whereby the cover is secured to a receptacle slidably mounted in the container, thereby permitting the cover to be employed for moving the receptacle into vertically adjusted position and whereby the chain securing the cover to the receptacle may be utilized to fasten the receptacle in its vertically adjusted position.

These, together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent, reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a paint brush container in accordance with this invention releasably mounted upon a leg of an artists easel and with the container disposed in position for rendering the brushes available for selection and use by the artist;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the improved container in its closed position and removed from the easel;

Figure 3 is a vertical central sectional view taken upon a considerably enlarged scale of the container of Figure A2, the brushes being shown in dotted lines therein, andin the retracted position of the brushes and their receptacle and with the cover of the device in place thereon;

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 4--4 of Figure 3, the mounting of the paint brush container upon the leg of an easel being shown in dotted lines therein; and

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 but showing the position of the receptacle within the casing of the container when the brushes are disposed available for use.

The novel and improved container in accordance with this invention for selectively storing and rendering available for use a plurality of artists paint brushes is shown as consisting of a cylindrical casing having a closed bottom wall 12 and an open upper end which is provided with a closure 16 of a construction to be hereinafter described.

Fasteners consisting of substantially cylindrical Straps 18 embrace the casing, and may either be fixedly secured thereto or may frictionally embrace the same as desired. These straps have their ends disposed in complementary,

Patented Sept. 16, 1958 ICC arcuately bowed extensions 20, which, as shown in Figures 1 and 4, are adapted to resiliently and releasably embrace a leg 22 of a conventional artists easel 24 with which the paint-brush container is to be associated.

Slidably received within the container for vertical movement therein is a receptacle 26 of any suitable material provided with a closed bottom 28, the receptacle being open at its upper end and being provided with a grille 30 rigidly secured thereto in any desired manner. By means of the open grille at its upper end and the closed bottom wall 28, the receptacle 26 serves as a repository for a plurality of paint brushes which are vindicated in dotted lines at 32 in Figures 3 and 5 and are shown in full lines in Figure 1.

The arrangement is such that theV brushes may be stood on end in the receptacle with their bristles extending above the grilled end of the receptacle. When the receptacle is in its lowered position as shown in Figure 3, the brushes will be completely housed within the casing and the container may be closed by the cover 16 as illustrated. When it is desired to use the brushes, the receptacle is raised toward the upper end of the casing, whereby the upper ends of the brushes will protrude above the open end of the casing for ready inspection and selection by the artist.

In order to raise the receptacle and the brushes therein into position for use, and to'securethe receptacle in vertically adjusted position, a chain 40 is attached to the closure 16 and is also secured to the receptacle as by attachment to the grille 30. Thus, by pulling upon the closure, the receptacle may be elevated. In order to secure the receptacle in adjusted elevated position, the top wall of the open end of the casing is provided with a notch 42 which is adapted to receive a link of the chain 40, as `shown in Figure 5, and thus maintain the receptacle in raised position. It will thus be seen that the chain serves the various functions of preventing loss of the closure 16, serves as a means to elevate or lower the receptacle, and also serves to secure the receptacle in its vertically adjusted position.

Referring now more specifically to the closure, it will be seen that the latter includes a top wall 50, to the underside of which the chain 4t) is secured, which bottom wall is depressed below an annular channel-shaped rim 52. The latter includes a sleeve 54 which is adapted to slidably embrace the upper open end of the casing 1li, whereby the top wall 50 will be disposed or recessed into the open end of the casing, as will be apparent from Figures 2 and 3.

In order to secure the closure upon the casing of the container, a retaining means is provided. This consists of a pair of slides 56 having linger grip portions 58 thereon and yieldingly urged outwardly by the inherent resiliency of an outwardly bowed and biased arcuate wire spring member 59, see Figures 2 and 3, whose ends are secured in the metallic material of the slides in the portions 58. As shown clearly in Figure 3, fasteners, such as rivets or the like, 60 secure the slides to the top wall 50 of the closure for sliding movement thereon, and' the ends of the slides extend through slots in the inside wall of the channel-shaped rim 52 for frictional engagement with the inner surface of the open upper end of the casing 10.

By gripping and urging the linger grips 58 toward each other, the frictional engagement of the retaining means with the casing Wall will be disengaged and the closure may be removed therefrom.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of tne invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and roperation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A paint brush container comprising a cylindrical casing having an open end and a closure therefor, a cylindrical receptacle open at its upper end for receiving paint brushes and slidably received in said casing for xposing the brushes above the open end of the casing, a chain securing said cover to said receptacle at its upper end whereby to attach the cover to the receptacle and to raise the latter in said casing, a notch in the open end of the casing for receiving said chain whereby to support the receptacle in vertically adjusted position in said casing, said closure having a rim embracing the open upper end of the casing, retaining means on the top surface of said closure frictionally engaging the inside surface of the open upper end of the casing.

2. A paint brush container comprising a cyiindrical casing having an open end and a closure therefor, a cylindrical receptacle open at its upper end for receiving paint brushes and slidably received in said casing for exposing the brushes above the open end of the casing, a chain securing said cover to said receptacle at its upper end whereby to attach the cover to the receptacle and to raise the latter in said casing, a notch in the open end of the casing for receiving said chain whereby to support the receptacle in vertically adjusted position in said casing, said closure having a rim embracing the open upper end of the casing, retaining means on said closure frictionally engaging the inside surface of the open upper end of the casing, an actuator for said retaining means mounted upon the top surface lof said closure.

3. A paint brush container comprising a cylindrical casing having a bottom wall and an open upper end, a cylindrical receptacle slidable in and shorter than said casing and having an open top open end with a grill extending thereacross, a chain secured to the mid-portion of said grill, said casing having a notch in the open upper end thereof for receiving said chain whereby to secure said receptacle in vertically adjusted position in said casing,

a closure for the upper end of said casing, said chain being secured to the underside of said closure whereby the latter constitutes a handle for lifting said receptacle, said closure including a at wall to which said chain is secured and an annular channel shaped rim Secured to and surrounding said at wall, said rim having an annular inner ange resting upon and secured to the top surface of said flat wall and an annular outer flange projecting below and lying outwardly of the periphery of said at wall, said outer and inner anges receiving and embracing the open upper end of said casing therebetween with said at wall lying within said open upper end, including retaining means mounted upon the top surface of said at wall and lying below the upper surface of said rim and cooperating with said casing to secure said closure thereto.

4. The combination of claim 3, including a slot through said inner flange, said retainer means comprising a slide slidably secured to said at wall and movable through said slot to engage the inner surface of said casing.

5. The combination of claim 4, including resilient means engaging said slide and said inner ange for urging said slide outwardly through said slot.

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